“The Drum Set” tells the story of a young man who produces the sound of a snare drum when touching a dictionary and the strange experiences that follow.

Alexandre Gilmet

Named after the famed writer/director (and graduate of Binghamton High School), the Rod Serling Video Festival showcases student films in kindergarten through grade 12 throughout the country as a means to promote the use of video arts technology and creativity in schools.

“The Drum Set” was part of the one-hour special broadcast of winning entries on WSKG Public Television on June 5.

Gilmet’s film was also shown as part of Niskayuna High School’s Short Cuts 9 video celebration June 18 in the GE Theater at Proctors, and is to be shown at the Ballston Spa Film Festival this summer (Aug. 6 & 7).

Alex is a exchange student from Belgium who had been involved in the performing arts in his homeland. Although he has always been interested in the cinema, his experiences in the Studio in Video classes, this past school year, gave him his first opportunity to make movies. Alex hopes to further pursue this new passion upon returning to Belgium by applying to film school.